The Role of External Interaction for Innovation in Irish High-Technology Businesses

2011 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 248-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Declan Jordan ◽  
Eoin O'Leary
Keyword(s):  
High Technology ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Business Innovation ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Innovation Output ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
Positive Effect

There is growing empirical evidence that external interaction is an important source of knowledge for business innovation. This paper contributes to the innovation literature by using new measures of interaction to explore the relative importance of external interaction for innovation in Irish high-technology businesses. Based on survey data, the paper finds that external interaction increases the probability of product and process innovation, but the effect is inconsistent across all external interaction agents. Interaction along the supply chain has a positive effect on innovation, and interaction with competitors has an insignificant effect on innovation output. Notably, the paper finds that interaction with higher education institutions has a negative effect on the probability of product and process innovation.

Moderating role of innovation culture in the relationship between organizational learning and innovation performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-303 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peivand Ghasemzadeh ◽  
Jamal A. Nazari ◽  
Mandana Farzaneh ◽  
Gholamhossein Mehralian
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Innovation Culture ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Moderating Role

Purpose Different studies have analyzed the relationship between organizational learning (OL) and innovation performance (IP). However, the question of how innovation culture (IC) affects the relationship between OL and IP remains unexplored. This study aims to examine the impact of IC on the relationship between OL and various dimensions of IP, including product, process and objective innovation. Design/methodology/approach A research model was developed and performed based on the relevant literature in the field of OL, IC and IP. The hypotheses are tested with the data collected from companies operating in an intensive knowledge-based industry. Findings Based on the results of 625 questionnaires completed by pharmaceutical companies, OL activities and IC can result in product and process innovation. However, this relationship was not supported for the objective innovation. Furthermore, in terms of the moderating role of IC in the relationship between OL and IP dimensions, the results were significant. Practical implications The findings help to gain a better understanding of how organizational commitment by creating a culture for innovation can help to maximize the benefits of continuous OL in product and process innovation. Originality/value Considering the three aspects of IP, it is the first survey of the contribution of OL in firms’ IP with considering the moderating role of IC. The proposed model would enrich the relevant literature and provide us with better understanding how OL contributes to the IP.

Impact of External Knowledge Inflow on Product and Process Innovation of Korean SMEs: Absorptive Capacity as a Mediator

2019 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 219-234 ◽  
Author(s):  
So Won Jeong ◽  
Jae-Eun Chung ◽  
Jung-Sim Roh
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Government Agencies ◽  
External Knowledge ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Sources Of Knowledge ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
The Relationship

We examine the role of external knowledge inflow in improving the product and process innovation of Korean exporting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the textiles, apparel, and footwear industries. Building on the resource-based view (RBV), we investigate how five sources of knowledge inflow (suppliers, customers, competitors, universities, and government agencies) contribute to product and process innovation through absorptive capacity (AC) as a mechanism to explain the link between external knowledge inflow and innovation. Conducting a path analysis, we found that knowledge inflow from customers and government agencies had a positive effect on AC, subsequently enhancing product and process innovation. Additionally, knowledge inflow from universities and government agencies also affected process innovation and product innovation, respectively. We also demonstrated the mediating role of AC in the relationship between external knowledge inflow and innovation. Korean SMEs should thus invest in developing the knowledge sources of customers, universities, and government agencies to enhance AC and innovation.

scholarly journals Innovation, firm productivity, and export survival: firm-level evidence from ASEAN developing countries

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Utumporn Jitsutthiphakorn
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Export Market ◽  
Firm Productivity ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Innovation Output ◽  
Product And Process ◽  
Innovation Approach

AbstractThis firm-level study investigates the importance of innovation as a determinant of firm productivity and how firm productivity could impact firm export survival. This is the first integration of the innovation approach, productivity approach, and firm survival approach to explore their linkages at the regional level in ASEAN developing countries. Using the panel database from the World Bank Enterprise Survey, which covers six developing countries in ASEAN—the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar—and also covers six selected industries, we construct four equations: innovation inputs, innovation output, firm productivity, and export survival. The four equations’ findings suggest that the technology level of the sector, firm size, and exports are significant factors for R&D expenditure (innovation input). R&D expenditure is a significant driver of a firm’s product and process innovation (innovation output). Increasing firm productivity in the six ASEAN developing countries we considered is driven by process innovation rather than product innovation, and productive firms are more likely to survive in the export market.

Impact of knowledge search on product and process innovation: mediating role of absorptive capacity and moderating role of IT capability

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hui Gao ◽  
Xiu-Hao Ding ◽  
Suming Wu
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Boundary Spanning ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
It Capability ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Search ◽  
Product And Process

PurposeMore enterprises adopt open innovation by breaking technological or organizational boundaries to seek internal and external knowledge when they face a fiercely competitive environment, complex market demands, and increasingly rapid technological change. In this context, a knowledge search strategy is regarded as an effective means of obtaining inside and outside resources and an important way to break the innovation bottleneck. Moreover, information technology (IT) is deemed an important asset for sourcing knowledge, whereas absorptive capacity is seen as an indispensable ability for utilizing novel knowledge. Thus, this paper aims to test the role of knowledge search in open innovation and examine the mediating effect of absorptive capacity and the moderating effect of IT capability.Design/methodology/approachUsing a sample of 1,088 Chinese firms’ data collected by the World Bank in 2012, this paper employs logistic regression to test the hypotheses.FindingsThis study finds that local and boundary-spanning search strategies positively influence both product and process innovation, and absorptive capacity has a mediating role in the relationships between knowledge search and product and process innovation. Moreover, IT capability has a positive moderating effect on the relationship between local search and innovation performance; however, IT capability strengthens the relationship between boundary-spanning search and process innovation while weakens that between boundary-spanning search and product innovation.Originality/valueThis study explores the impact of different knowledge search behaviors on different types of innovation and probes the role of absorptive capacity and IT capability in mediating and moderating the above relationships. By drawing on knowledge-based theory and cognitive-developmental theory, this paper provides a novel perspective to explain the mechanism between knowledge search and innovation performance.

Innovation as a Mediator Between Knowledge Management and Organisational Performance

2020 ◽  
pp. 46-68
Author(s):  
Lejla Turulja ◽  
Nijaz Bajgoric
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Acquisition ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Knowledge Application ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Individual Knowledge ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process

This chapter provides important empirical evidence to support the role of individual knowledge management processes and separate innovation types within firms. Specifically, knowledge acquisition and knowledge application are analyzed and empirically tested in relation to product and process innovation as well as business performance. The results support the direct impact of product and process innovation on business performance. In addition, the results show the indirect effect of knowledge acquisition and knowledge application on firm business performance through product and process innovation.

scholarly journals Mediating Role of Firm R&D in Creating Product and Process Innovation: Empirical Evidence from Norway

Economies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Yee Yee Sein ◽  
Viktor Prokop
Keyword(s):  
Product Innovation ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Triple Helix ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Process Innovation ◽  
Government Funding ◽  
Quadruple Helix ◽  
Product And Process Innovation ◽  
Product And Process

Government funding actively engages in private R&D investment to enhance firm innovation. At the same time, firms are forced to find additional sources of competitive advantage, e.g., through cooperation based on the triple- or quadruple-helix principles. This paper analyses whether government funding and cooperation based on the triple-helix and quadruple-helix principles spur firms’ product and process innovation rather directly or indirectly, taking into account the role of firms R&D. For this purpose, we collect data from the Community Innovation Survey and analyse 5045 Norwegian firms by using partial least squares structural equation modelling. Our results confirm hypotheses that public funding and both triple-helix and quadruple-helix cooperation significantly influence firms’ research and development activities. Surprisingly, on the one hand, we showed that neither public funding nor triple- and quadruple-helix cooperation affect firms’ product innovation directly. Moreover, the results show a negative influence of government funding and triple- and quadruple-helix cooperation on Norwegian firms’ product innovation. On the other hand, process innovation is influenced positively and directly by firms’ cooperation based on the triple- and quadruple-helix principles. The results of our analyses clearly show the key role of firm’s R&D, which has proven to be a mediator of the effects of public funding and triple- and quadruple-helix cooperation on the product and process innovation activities of Norwegian firms.

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